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orthorhombic pyramid

orthorhombic system GEOL

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Both of the chemically similar gold-silver tellurides, calaverite and sylvanite, are in the monoclinic crystal system, whereas krennerite is orthorhombic.
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It is not isomorphous with the orthorhombic barium (baryte) and strontium (celestine) sulfates, as might be expected from the chemical formulas.
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It forms lustrous black crystals in the orthorhombic system.
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It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, but only rarely forms distinct crystals.
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The orthorhombic lollingite group includes the nickel iron arsenide rammelsbergite and the cobalt iron arsenide safflorite.
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It forms opaque blue grey to dark blue orthorhombic crystals.
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Those minerals have the same chemical composition, but different crystal symmetry orthorhombic for tantalite or columbite and tetragonal for tapiolite.
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Those minerals have same chemical composition but different crystal symmetry: orthorhombic for columbite and tetragonal for tapiolite.
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The alpha phase has orthorhombic symmetry; it has been first synthesized in 1941 and identified in nature as a rare mineral scrutinyite in 1988.
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Since it is orthorhombic, marthozite is biaxial, meaning that it has three different indices of refraction.
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